Re: RE: [PHP4BETA] Small footprint PHP

Hello Samuel, On 14-Dec-99 11:38:08, you wrote: >> A WAP/WML based interface would be ideal because that is the current >> standard that is solidifying for handheld based applications. To >> make that >> work offline there must be a Web like server that may run in the handheld >> so that using a WAP browser the user may interface with the necessary >> applications regardless of the type of handheld device. >I don't think there is ANY chance of a WAP server in many handhelds. The Forget all hand-helds. Think just of Palm Pilots which are already comming with 4MB of RAM and you can already seen a significant market. Anyway, if is there already lite versions of IBM DB2 and Oracle 8, why not a Web server too which can be is much simpler? >best I think we can hope for is some local persistant storage and then make >use of the cut-down JavaScript that WAP provides to queue up requests to >send later. I can't see where you may queue requests with Javascript. Only the upcomming version of WAP spec will support cookies. >Otherwise, work live. That's what we do today but that costs money to be online and sometimes it is not possible at all. >> What do you think? Any interest/intention to make PHP also play in this >> field? >I see PHP being used more, but still at server end. Getting into different >PHP versions accross some non-upgradable handhelds will be a nightmare for >developers, and make it hard to use. I don't see why not. PHP is purely C code. It could well be built for the Palm Pilot as long as some POSIX calls are replaced by something more portable. Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --